Security Engineer Jobs in England

Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Security Engineer salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 390 428
Rank change year-on-year +18 +38 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 592 737 1,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.69% 0.83% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.91% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 486 555 688
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £82,068
90th Percentile £92,245 £100,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £68,515 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.43% +5.41% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 81,669 80,804 129,735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.51% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 60,824 51,446 74,737
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in England

Security Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +49 264 £80,000 +3.23% 110
South East -25 112 £47,500 -13.64% 57
North of England +48 100 £52,500 -19.23% 36
Midlands -17 59 £57,500 +21.05% 32
North West -21 53 £55,000 -15.38% 24
West Midlands +3 43 £57,500 +26.37% 19
Yorkshire +83 38 £41,750 -39.06% 7
East of England +15 26 £57,500 +5.50% 31
South West -34 22 £41,206 -41.13% 30
East Midlands -8 16 £55,000 +15.79% 13
North East - 9 £62,783 - 5
Security Engineer
UK

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 281 (47.47%) Cybersecurity
2 195 (32.94%) Azure
3 143 (24.16%) Microsoft
4 119 (20.10%) Finance
5 116 (19.59%) Python
6 114 (19.26%) Firewall
7 111 (18.75%) Cloud Security
8 109 (18.41%) SIEM
9 108 (18.24%) AWS
10 105 (17.74%) Network Security
11 97 (16.39%) CISSP
12 96 (16.22%) Degree
13 94 (15.88%) Security Operations
14 92 (15.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 89 (15.03%) Information Security
16 87 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
17 85 (14.36%) PowerShell
18 84 (14.19%) Microsoft 365
19 79 (13.34%) Incident Response
20 76 (12.84%) Windows
21 74 (12.50%) DevOps
22 73 (12.33%) NIST
23 72 (12.16%) Social Skills
24 71 (11.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
25 68 (11.49%) Vulnerability Management
26 65 (10.98%) Mentoring
27 64 (10.81%) Cisco
28 63 (10.64%) Coaching
29 54 (9.12%) Cisco Certification
30 51 (8.61%) CEH

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.51%) Confluence
2 3 (0.51%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.34%) Apache
3 2 (0.34%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.68%) AutoCAD
2 4 (0.68%) Revit
3 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.84%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 195 (32.94%) Azure
2 108 (18.24%) AWS
3 84 (14.19%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (8.11%) GCP
5 29 (4.90%) Cloud Computing
5 29 (4.90%) PaaS
6 28 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (4.73%) SaaS
7 26 (4.39%) Azure Sentinel
8 24 (4.05%) Entra ID
9 20 (3.38%) Microsoft Purview
10 16 (2.70%) GitHub
11 14 (2.36%) Amazon EC2
11 14 (2.36%) Amazon S3
11 14 (2.36%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (2.03%) AWS KMS
12 12 (2.03%) IaaS
13 11 (1.86%) Serverless
14 10 (1.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 10 (1.69%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 114 (19.26%) Firewall
2 105 (17.74%) Network Security
3 47 (7.94%) LAN
4 42 (7.09%) WAN
5 34 (5.74%) TCP/IP
6 29 (4.90%) VPN
7 23 (3.89%) DNS
8 22 (3.72%) Wireless
9 18 (3.04%) Cisco Firepower
10 17 (2.87%) SD-WAN
11 16 (2.70%) Wireshark
12 12 (2.03%) Cisco ISE
13 11 (1.86%) BGP
13 11 (1.86%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (1.86%) VLAN
14 10 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (1.52%) Cisco Wireless
15 9 (1.52%) NGFW
15 9 (1.52%) SSL
15 9 (1.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (1.35%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.18%) Power BI
4 5 (0.84%) BigQuery
4 5 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.84%) Hadoop
4 5 (0.84%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (5.24%) Jenkins
2 12 (2.03%) GitLab
3 6 (1.01%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.84%) JIRA
5 3 (0.51%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.51%) sqlmap
6 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.34%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.17%) Git
7 1 (0.17%) MSI
General
1 119 (20.10%) Finance
2 72 (12.16%) Social Skills
3 50 (8.45%) Banking
4 39 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (3.21%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (3.21%) Law
6 16 (2.70%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.03%) Electronics
7 12 (2.03%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.03%) Retail
8 9 (1.52%) Health Technology
8 9 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (1.52%) Tech for Good
9 8 (1.35%) Legal
10 7 (1.18%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.18%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.84%) Marketing
11 5 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.52%) 802.1X
2 7 (1.18%) web3js
3 6 (1.01%) HTML
4 5 (0.84%) Kafka
4 5 (0.84%) XMPP
5 4 (0.68%) Fluent Bit
5 4 (0.68%) OAuth
6 3 (0.51%) JSON
7 2 (0.34%) CSS
7 2 (0.34%) JSON Schema
7 2 (0.34%) KML
7 2 (0.34%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.34%) OpenID
7 2 (0.34%) Regular Expression
7 2 (0.34%) XML
7 2 (0.34%) XML Schema
8 1 (0.17%) JWT
8 1 (0.17%) RESTful
8 1 (0.17%) SAML
8 1 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.43%) PKI
2 36 (6.08%) Management Information System
3 31 (5.24%) Data Centre
3 31 (5.24%) Public Cloud
3 31 (5.24%) Security Operations Centre
4 27 (4.56%) CCTV
5 24 (4.05%) Private Cloud
6 23 (3.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 18 (3.04%) Cyber Threat
7 18 (3.04%) Security Posture
8 17 (2.87%) Operational Technology
9 15 (2.53%) Cyberattack
10 14 (2.36%) Product Ownership
11 12 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (2.03%) SCADA
12 11 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 9 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (1.35%) IoT
14 8 (1.35%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 76 (12.84%) Windows
2 29 (4.90%) Linux
3 23 (3.89%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.53%) Android
4 15 (2.53%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.03%) Unix
6 6 (1.01%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.68%) CentOS
7 4 (0.68%) Solaris
7 4 (0.68%) zOS
8 2 (0.34%) Debian
8 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (47.47%) Cybersecurity
2 111 (18.75%) Cloud Security
3 109 (18.41%) SIEM
4 94 (15.88%) Security Operations
5 92 (15.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 89 (15.03%) Information Security
7 87 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (13.34%) Incident Response
9 74 (12.50%) DevOps
10 68 (11.49%) Vulnerability Management
11 65 (10.98%) Mentoring
12 63 (10.64%) Coaching
13 48 (8.11%) Agile
14 46 (7.77%) Data Loss Prevention
14 46 (7.77%) Infrastructure as Code
15 45 (7.60%) ITIL
16 42 (7.09%) Analytics
17 41 (6.93%) Cryptography
17 41 (6.93%) Identity Access Management
17 41 (6.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 116 (19.59%) Python
2 85 (14.36%) PowerShell
3 24 (4.05%) Bash
4 21 (3.55%) Kusto Query Language
5 15 (2.53%) SQL
6 11 (1.86%) Java
7 9 (1.52%) C
7 9 (1.52%) C#
8 7 (1.18%) C++
8 7 (1.18%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.51%) Go
10 2 (0.34%) Rust
11 1 (0.17%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.17%) Lua
11 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.17%) Ruby
11 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 97 (16.39%) CISSP
2 96 (16.22%) Degree
3 54 (9.12%) Cisco Certification
4 51 (8.61%) CEH
5 40 (6.76%) Security Cleared
6 33 (5.57%) CISM
7 32 (5.41%) SC Cleared
8 23 (3.89%) CCSP
9 22 (3.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 22 (3.72%) CCNP
10 21 (3.55%) CCNA
11 19 (3.21%) GIAC
11 19 (3.21%) SANS
12 17 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (2.36%) SSCP
14 13 (2.20%) DV Cleared
15 12 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (1.69%) AWS Certification
17 9 (1.52%) Azure Certification
17 9 (1.52%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (12.33%) NIST
2 71 (11.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (5.41%) Data Quality
4 27 (4.56%) PCI DSS
5 16 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 11 (1.86%) COBIT
7 11 (1.86%) GDPR
8 10 (1.69%) NCSC
9 8 (1.35%) SOC 2
10 7 (1.18%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.68%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.34%) QA
14 1 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 45 (7.60%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.55%) Docker
3 14 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.18%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (1.18%) Firmware
7 4 (0.68%) vSphere
8 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (7.94%) Terraform
2 29 (4.90%) Ansible
2 29 (4.90%) Kubernetes
3 25 (4.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (3.55%) CASB
5 20 (3.38%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (2.36%) Nmap
7 12 (2.03%) CA Single Sign-On
8 9 (1.52%) logstash
9 8 (1.35%) QRadar
10 5 (0.84%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (0.84%) Nessus
10 5 (0.84%) Stealthwatch
11 4 (0.68%) DatAdvantage
11 4 (0.68%) Fluentd
11 4 (0.68%) vRealize
11 4 (0.68%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.34%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 143 (24.16%) Microsoft
2 64 (10.81%) Cisco
3 40 (6.76%) Splunk
4 33 (5.57%) CyberArk
5 30 (5.07%) Palo Alto
5 30 (5.07%) Qualys
6 28 (4.73%) Rapid7
7 27 (4.56%) Google
8 20 (3.38%) CheckPoint
8 20 (3.38%) VMware
9 16 (2.70%) ArcSight
9 16 (2.70%) Carbon Black
9 16 (2.70%) ServiceNow
10 15 (2.53%) CA
11 14 (2.36%) Thycotic
12 12 (2.03%) Atlassian
13 11 (1.86%) McAfee
14 10 (1.69%) F5
15 9 (1.52%) EMC
15 9 (1.52%) Juniper